Law enforcement officials are considering whether to mete out manslaughter charges for the 11 deaths that occurred during the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last summer. If it decides to go in that direction, BP managers would be held accounta

Oil giant BP and contractor Halliburton knew of potential flaws in the cement slurry used to reinforce the oil well below the Deepwater Horizon rig before it exploded in April, according to a letter Thursday from the lead investigator for a federal probe

Key decisions made aboard the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico were made by at least three people -- a confusing tangle of responsibility that made it virtually impossible for decisive leadership, a lead investigator said Wednesday.

Thousands of barrels of oily water and other waste products generated by the gusher are in Texas or on there way for disposal in salt domes, injection wells and other processing facilities. But secrecy abounds.

Basically, having grown tired of blocking other reporters from covering the story, BP is going to spend its own money on a bunch of in-house PR professionals who will reliably block themselves from covering the story